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- 1. Multiple Choice
What's something you can't see, but something you can feel?waterfirewindearth - 2. Multiple ChoiceWind is part of the _____geospherebiospherehydrosphereatmosphere
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich two spheres are often involved in causing the wind?the geosphere and the hydrospherethe geosphere and the biospherethe biosphere and the hydrospherethe biosphere and the atmosphere
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWind is the flow of large amounts of air, usually from _____a low-pressure area to a high-pressure areaa high-pressure area to a low-pressure areaa high-temperature area to a low-temperature areaa low-temperature area to a high-temperature area
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is defined as "the amount of force that air in the atmosphere puts on an object"?densitymasstemperaturepressure
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow much pressure the air exerts on stuff mainly has to do with its _____densitymasstemperaturespeed
- 7. Multiple ChoiceCool air produces _____low air pressurehigh air pressurelow wind speedhigh wind speed
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWarm air produces _____low air pressurehigh air pressurelow wind speedhigh wind speed
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWarmer land forms heat the air above them and _____that hot air has lower air pressurethat hot air has higher air pressurethat cool air has lower air pressurethat cool air has higher air pressure
- 10. Multiple ChoiceCompared to land forms, water absorbs less heat and is cooler, so it _____heats the air more and creates higher air pressureheats the air more and creates lower air pressureheats the air less and creates higher air pressureheats the air less and creates lower air pressure
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDuring the daytime, the breeze that blows from the ocean onto the land is called _____a land breezea sea breezea cool breezea day breeze
- 12. Multiple ChoiceDuring the night, the breeze that blows from the land out to the ocean is called _____a land breezea sea breezea cool breezea night breeze
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